Anti-British Xenophobia and Hatred in Ireland

Was at a soccer match nearly 20 years ago, Galway Utd were at home to Bray and the home fans started a chant 'South Dubs, West Brits'. The English have had a tough time here for a very long time, but it does seem to be getting a bit more prevalent. There's a real sneariness to coverage of UK politics and even the England soccer team.

It is a derogatory term for Irish people to use to get at other Irish people, John Bruton probably got called one because of his comments about Michael D Higgins not going to Armagh. It's not really an insult to the English at all, just a handy dig at fawning Irishmen.

The Galway fans were just using it as an insult for people living close to South Dublin, which would until recently years have been seen as more Anglophile than the rest of the country. Of course it's stupid, but so are people who chant nasty stuff at matches.

But anyway, it's not an insult to English people because they'd be actual Brits, the West Brits are more wannabe Brits. It might seem strange, but there'd be literally no point in calling someone from Britain a west Brit.

There is far too much anti English racism in Ireland, it is a blight, and I think it has been fanned a bit over the last five years. In America sometimes they talk about 'dog whistles' regarding racism, I think we've had a bit of that in this country regarding Britain. Also because Ireland is such a small country English people rarely know much about it, which is quite understandable, but as a result when they speak about Ireland they tend to make ill informed comments which really anger people over here, given the history.

I lived in England for years, the people are as sound as they are here, I hate the prejudice there is here.